Steven Pinker Quotes (10+)

Writing is an act of translation. From a network of thoughts to a string of words.

Complexity is not profundity.

Knowledge is a never-ending adventure.

To acknowledge the role of chance and contingency in life is not to be a fatalist but to be a realist.

The mind is what the brain does.

Ignorance is not bliss; it is a lack of information.

Violence has declined over the long course of history.

The world has made enormous progress, and the human brain has enormous potential.

Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn... it is a complex instinct.

The brain is an organ of computation.